Kyle Harley, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor Accountability is a wonderful word that is used quite a bit in higher education. In recent weeks, I wrestled with the idea of accountability within […]
Amy Sexton, Kaplan University Writing Center Tutor Providing effective feedback on students’ writing can be challenging, especially when we consider what we want students to be able to do based […]
Molly Wright Starkweather, Writing Center Tutor, Kaplan University This blog entry is the first of a two-entry discussion around anonymity as a productive starting point for online students wishing to […]
By Chrissine Rios, MA, Kaplan University Writing Center Who’s heard this one before? “I can’t write.” In the twenty years that I’ve been tutoring writing, I’ve heard it a bunch. […]
Molly Wright Starkweather, Kaplan University Tutor Recently on a social media group limited to online faculty members of various institutions, I read a post from a professor who had caught […]
Teresa Kelly, Composition Faculty, Kaplan University Due to the essential nature of writing skills for student success and retention, Composition faculty spend significant time motivating struggling student writers to improve […]
Dr. Tamara Fudge, professor in the School of Business and IT, Kaplan University Too often students complain that I am too tough on them for not following APA formatting. Lest […]
Molly Wright Starkweather, Kaplan University Tutor Recently a group of writing center workers from the Southeastern Writing Center Association put together a collection of music titled “Write It Like Disaster,” […]
Kyle Harley, Kaplan University Tutor In the world of higher education, much more than we would like to admit, excuses become commonplace for both student and professor alike. From an […]
Amy Sexton, Kaplan University Tutor Multitasking is often lauded as a way for busy professionals and students to accomplish multiple tasks in less time, but multitasking can often be detrimental, […]
